Meet Your Certified Athletic Trainers

  • Gwinnett Medical Center provides certified athletic trainers to 18 local high schools.  These ATCs work under the direction of GMC affiliated physicians to provide traditional sports medicine services to your school.

    If your student has an injury on or off the field your athletic trainer is here to help prevent, manage and assess orthopedic or musculoskeletal injuries and to facilitate access to medical care.

  • Jay Pearson
  • Jay Pearson, ATC, LAT, ITAT

    Coach Pearson has held the position of head athletic trainer at Brookwood High School since 1999.  He joined the team at Gwinnett Medical Center in 2006. jay.pearson@gcpsk12.org 

  • Hailey Hovda
  • Hailey Hovda, MSAT, LAT, ATC, NREMT

    Hailey is a native of Woodstock, Georgia. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia in Exercise and Sports Science in May of 2022. She then completed her Master's degree in Athletic Training at the University of Georgia in May of 2024. She completed immersions with the University of Georgia Football team, and Women's Soccer team. Hailey is a newly certified athletic trainer, in addition to being a certified EMT. Hailey's hobbies include working out, reading, hanging out with friends, and watching sports. 

  • FALL

    Basketball Training Room (2:20-3:30 p.m.)
    Sports that report to this training room:

    • Softball
    • Volleyball
    • Cross Country

    Field House (2:10-6 p.m.)
    Sport that reports to this training room:

    • Football

  • WINTER

    All sports and rehabilitation report to Basketball Training Room (2:10-6 p.m.)
    Sports that report to this training room:

    • Basketball (Boys & Girls)
    • Wresting
    • Swim & Dive

  • SPRING

    Sports report to Fieldhouse Training Room (2:10-6 p.m.)
    Sports that report to this training room:

    • Baseball
    • Golf
    • Lacrosse
    • Soccer
    • Tennis
    • Track & Field

Clinic Locations and Hours

  • Field House
    Maroon Gym 

    BEST TIMES TO VISIT
      Fall: Noon - 7 p.m.
      Winter: Noon - 6 p.m.
      Spring: Noon - 6 p.m.

  • Gwinnett Medical Center Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth is the official Sports Medicine Provide of Choice for Gwinnett County Public Schools. Click the logo to learn more or go to Gwinnett Medical Center Website